Court Allows Worlds Inc. to Proceed With Patent Infringement Case
March 14 2014 - 08:31AM
Marketwired
Court Allows Worlds Inc. to Proceed With Patent Infringement Case
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Mar 14, 2014) - Judge Denise Casper
issued a ruling March 13, 2014 on the Motion for Summary Judgment
(MSJ) hearing that allows World's Inc. (OTCBB: WDDD) to proceed
with its patent infringement suit against Activision Blizzard,
Inc., Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Activision Publishing,
Inc.'s (Activision). The MSJ hearing held October 17, 2013
addressed Activision's dispute of Worlds Inc.'s November 1995
patent priority date. The court did not dismiss the case as
requested by Activision. In fact, the ruling stated, "The Court
declines to enter judgment in Defendants' (Activision) favor at
this time." Moreover, the court upheld the validity of the patents
by ruling; "Indeed, nothing about the Court's order prevents
Worlds from asserting infringement from the date of the certificate
going forward."
Judge Casper's ruling prevents Worlds Inc. from pursuing damages
for the period prior to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's
(USPTO) issuance of Certificates of Correction on September 24,
2013 that amended Worlds' 6,219,045 and 7,181,790 patents to
include comprehensive priority information, which specifically
references Worlds' November 1995 provisional patent application and
confirms World's 1995 priority date.
"Activision released the multi-player game Call of Duty®: Ghosts
after the USPTO issued Certificates of Correction and the game has
generated over $1.6 billion in revenue to date, more than $1
billion in the first day of sales alone," stated Thom Kidrin, CEO
of Worlds Inc.
The recent Federal Court ruling upholds Worlds' patents as of
the date of the Certificates of Correction through the life of the
patents at issue. Susman Godfrey, World's legal counsel, is
aggressively moving toward securing a Markman date and an eventual
trial date.
Kidrin added, "We believe in the validity of Worlds'
intellectual property portfolio and, now that we have received an
MSJ court ruling, we will continue work with Susman Godfrey to
pursue the litigation against Activision per the court's
allowance."
In March 2012, Worlds sued Activision in federal court for
infringing patents that are based on Worlds' November 1995
provisional patent application.
More information on the lawsuit and Worlds' patents can be found
on the Worlds Inc. website at http://www.worlds.com.
About Worlds Inc.: Worlds Inc. (OTCBB: WDDD) developed software
and related technology for the creation of interactive
three-dimensional (3D) Internet environments encompassing massively
multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG). The company's
technologies are designed for large-scale communities of
simultaneous online users, who interact within online interactive
3D virtual worlds. Worlds intends to monetize its patent portfolio
through enforcement, licensing and royalties of its patented
technologies. For more information, visit www.worlds.com.
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